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Infusing Sustainability Concepts in the Curriculum: A Guide for Academic Leaders


Join us for a one-hour webinar focused on what academic leaders can and should do to encourage and facilitate faculty to incorporate sustainability issues in courses and programs. This presentation:

  1. articulates major sustainability themes such as life cycle analysis, interdependence, efficiency/conservation, and equity/fairness that can be incorporated in a variety of courses and programs and supports this segment with a bibliography of sample resources in different disciplines;

  2. addresses administrative action ideas that should and should not be undertaken to encourage and support faculty to incorporate these ideas in courses;

  3. examines the problems of sustaining a curriculum sustainability initiative in the context of changing institutional priorities and changing leadership;

  4. and, discusses how teaching and learning opportunities can be constructed by partnering with college operational staff on greening initiatives.

The webinar will NOT be about motivating institutional operational changes to reduce carbon footprint, recycling or vendor selection/qualification practices. This webinar is about how academic leaders can encourage the inclusion of sustainability principles and practices into academic courses and academic programs.

Date and Time

  • January 13, 2010, 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. EST

Other Time Zones:

  • 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM US Central
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM US Mountain
  • 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM US Pacific
  • 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM GMT

Who Should Participate

Academic Leaders (i.e., chief academic officers, deans, department heads, faculty leaders)

Presenters

ChaseGeoff Chase, Dean of Undergraduate Studies, San Diego State University
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Mary SpildeMary Spilde, President of Lane Community College and Current Chair of the AACC Board of Directors
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Wim WiewelWim Wiewel, President, Portland State University
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Register here!

Once you go to this link you will see several registration options which include registering online, by phone, by fax, and my mail. You can pay with a credit card or by check. If you mail in a check, the check must be received one day prior to the event. KRM Information services is handling all the technical and financial logistics for our webinars.

Member Site License - $195
Non-Member Site License - $295

Registered attendees will not only be able to take part in the webinar, but will also receive a free link to review a full video of the webinar for 60 days after the live event.

You can view the link as many times as you like within that time period with colleagues and those from your institution who were unable to attend. Again, the ability to review the webinar via streaming video is free to all registered attendees.

If you would like to purchase a CD of the webinar, there is a $37 fee. Registered attendees will receive a link to the webinar video within 48 hours after the webinar as well as information on how to purchase the CD.

What Equipment Do I Need?

For the audio connection: (All events)

  1. Touch-tone telephone
  2. A speaker-phone is recommended for group listening

For the Internet connection: (Audio + Web events only)

Microsoft Windows Personal Computer

  1. Microsoft Windows 98, Me, NT, 2000, XP, or Vista
  2. Intel x86 (Pentium 400MHZ+) or compatible processor
  3. Microsoft Internet Explorer 5+, Mozilla 1.6+ Netscape 4.7 or 7+
  4. JavaScript and cookies enabled in the browser
  5. 56K or faster Internet connection

Non-Windows users using Event Center Java Client

  1. Macintosh OS version 10.2 - 10.5 with Java 1.3.1+, Safari 1.1+ or Internet Explorer 5.2+
  2. Linux with Kernel 2.4+, 128M RAM, with Java 1.4.1+, Mozilla 1.6+, or Netscape 7
  3. Solaris 8 or 9, 512M RAM with Java 1.3.1+, Mozilla 1.6+, or Netscape 7
  4. JavaScript and cookies enabled in the browser
  5. 56K or faster Internet connection